School: Kilfinny, Áth Dara (roll number 9318)
- Location:
- Kilfinny, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)ripe and they are then ploughed out and 'scabbled', that is the earth is removed from around them and then the pickers pick them into buckets or boxes. They put them into a car and one person draws them home to the haggard where they are pitted. Earth and rushes are put around and over them.The various kinds of potatoes are Epicures, Arran Chiefs, Arran Victors,
British Queens, Aran banners, irish Queens, Kerrs Pinks, New Champions and Shamrocks. Shamrocks grow best in this district.Starch used be made from potatoes in nformer times.Sgealaide - Thomas O'Shea.
A Seolad - Donoman, Croom,
Co. Limerick.
A Aois - 60 bl.
A gairm beata - Feirmeoir.
Car rugad, car cait a saogal - mar seolad.- Informant
- Thomas O' Shea
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Dunnaman, Co. Limerick